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Church United Funds New Firewalls Center

The Good News
10 Jan 2019
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Firewall Centers was presented with $28,073 from Church United to help fund their newest Center location at Walker Elementary School. “We decided that one of the most important things we could do to serve our community was to invest in the education of the next generation. It then became a natural fit to partner together with Firewall Centers because of the incredible work they are doing and their reputation in the community,” said Jon Elswick, Crossway Church Pastor. Firewall Centers provides daily, school-based tutoring and mentoring services designed to help students achieve academic success, build character, and transform into servant […]

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Banyan Air’s Don Campion Defined His Mission at Lifework Leadership

Shelly Pond
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Corporate Planes flying into Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport are welcomed to the beautiful Key West style Banyan Air Terminal where friendliness is the norm and pilots can expect top-notch service. Behind it all is Don Campion, a South Floridian who was raised in Nigeria by missionary parents. A family man with a heart for community, Campion has built a company culture second to none. He recently completed a lofty effort to restore the missionary hospital in the African bush of Egbe, Nigeria, where his parents once served. Don Campion is a Lifework Leadership alum and a major sponsor of the […]

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Getting Better with Age

Dr. Mike Rozenblum
8 Jan 2019
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I am not a big drinker, but I have heard it said a time or two that certain wines get better with age. In fact, I did a little research and found out that some bottles can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many things get better with age if they last long enough. After a few decades, cars, boats and motorcycles actually go up in value. Even toys can be more expensive over time. However, these “classics” or “antiques” go up in value mostly because they have been so well maintained. Well, what about you? What is happening […]

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FUNtastic Events Feature FUN and FUNdamentals

The Good News
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What is the chief end of man? According to the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy him forever. Do we do that? I mean, do we really enjoy God and glorify him or are our lives checklists of things to do or ways to behave — drudgery? When someone asks about your family or marriage, do you puff up or shrink? Are you thriving or surviving? “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones” (Proverbs 17:22). “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have […]

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“The Least of These” – The Eye-Opening Story of Missionary Graham Staines

Lydia Hicks
4 Jan 2019
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An unbelievable display of love, “The Least of These” captures the missionary journey of the late Graham Staines, an Australian missionary, whose incessant dedication to the lepers of India attracted speculative media investigation, leading to his martyrdom in 1999. Opening in theaters February 1, 2019, this movie marks the 20th anniversary of Staines’ horrific assassination for serving the outcast lepers of India – one of the most severe persecutions in the history of Christianity. “The death of Dr. Graham Staines, 58, director of the Leprosy Mission in Baripada, Orissa, India, and translator of the New Testament into the Ho tribe […]

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Inspiring Faith-Based Films Coming to Theaters in 2019

Stanley Goldenberg
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There are many methods and ministries being used to reach and touch people’s lives.  In recent years the growing number of quality faith-based films have truly been lights in the darkness of thousands of movie theaters.  People have wept, rejoiced, been encouraged, and many have had their lives changed by the diverse messages in these films. This article gives a first glimpse into the exciting line-up of these films coming to theaters this year.   Faith-Based Theatrical Releases for 2019 The list of films for 2019 is still being finalized, so additional films will be added later. (Follow facebook.com/LightinDarkPlace for […]

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Church United: Fourth Year of Collaboration

Edwin Copeland
3 Jan 2019
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As a new year begins, the Church United story enters into year four of our mission to unite churches of our region for the purpose of seeing God’s kingdom descend upon South Florida. For the last three years pastors and ministry leaders have been connecting and collaborating together in their common desire to share faith, give hope and extend love. If 2018 taught us anything, it proved that we really are stronger together. As one local pastor put it at last year’s Love South Florida night of worship and celebration, “Church United is moving deeper into our hearts.” Looking towards […]

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January is Parental Half-Time

Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts
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If you are a parent, January isn’t really the beginning of your child’s year, its half time. Your family year begins in August as the children start school and all their other activities. The question is, what do you do with half-time? What do coaches do with half-time? Do they take the players into the locker room and celebrate that they are almost over with the game? Do they just relax before going back on the field?  No! Leaders of the team make adjustments, and that’s exactly what the first weeks in January are for: making the necessary evaluations and […]

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Resolve to Forgive

Lisa May
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The days following Christmas many will reflect and ponder the past year and the New Year. In 2017, 53 percent of respondents from a survey said saving money was their primary resolution followed by losing weight. Only 15 percent resolved to find love. With loneliness on the rise globally, I was surprised to read that only 15 percent wanted to find love. I wondered if it was really a lack of interest or a lack of hope. Are we shackled by past hurts and disappointments in relationships to the point that we insulate and isolate ourselves from attempting to emotionally […]

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Dr. Tommy Boland
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“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it — he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:23-25). A kind of mirror The great Protestant reformer, John Calvin, who contributed so much to our present-day understanding of Scripture, undoubtedly had James […]

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